Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-29
rnE GIRL AND rmE LRrIER.


Braadsr MafGhetcs ~ tAs Primcston
ReUist0.l
Did you ever hear ABOUT the airi IN
Maine, Who wrote her lever a quadruple
temperancs letterf
We expressed Sur ignoranos Of TIE
aneodote.
"'risn't mach Of a story said our
friena Brown, "but 10 shows what qaeeF
tainRs q girl will do sometimes. Well,
deWn Rt Oasee, Ia Maine. thare vas .
youna fellow Vhe had worked his way
up from before the mast until be vas
captain Of new snip, and part owner,
too. Thea be asked his girl 10 marry
him, and she took him, Tbs hret cruise
Of The new ship vas 10 be the young
Shippers laai voyage, for he'd had an
sheF Of q partnership. After be had
BEEN gone about q week tbs girl Rot over
the sorrow Of parting, and began 10 take
stock Of bis character. he was good,
healthy, intelligent, long headed and
keen Witted. she had sxsfy ohanoe of
happiness with such husband. 50 FAR
as she ooald ses, be hadn's q fault. II
vas true thas s0metimss be went on q
tear whan be came on q cruise. The
more she thought about tnis, the more
she feared thai 10 might grow 20 be
habit, aad land him In = drunkard's
grave. You see, she got morbid about
tue one possible spsok. Al last she sat
dswn and wrote him q letter, tellin9
him iast how she felt, and begging him
By tse love be bore heF, n0s 10 touch
another drop, above ali. not 20 20 on q
spree when be came 0d . cruise. Whaa
she'd get her letter written she felt
betieg--meFeiy writing Il had relieved
- -. Ata-.Na
20 address IL. II vas too late 20 reAoh
hsr lsver ~ Liverpool, which was the
irsi peri TIE new silip vas bound fer,
and Il was quite uncertain where be
would 70 next. he hsa told her that
his course depended entirely on fFeiahts,
and on the adyless be Should Ras In
Liverpool. and that he might 20 10
H4vrs o. 10 Bordeaux, or 10 Marseiiles
OF 10 Genoa, be dida's know which.
sac solved tie difficulty By makiug four
copies of the letter and sending eDe 20
each port. Nov h 90 happened thaa
naF lover sailed frnua Liverpool for
H4vse, aud from Marsoiiits 10 0snoai
and be got ail four copies Of that letter.
And, gbsu be read the fourth oopy. be
vas Jaat too mad 90 bold IN, aud 90 be
sAt riQnt dlgn aud wFete her q ahafa
note, breaking of the engagement, and
telling ber that q woman Who hadn's
any more eonh3enos IN 3 man than to
treat him thai way bad better be re-
issssd from the obligation Of marrying
him"
We Inquired WHISTLER fhis lovers
quarrel bad nst becn mendsd when The
sailor came home.
she vAsn'G that kind Of 3 man a. All,
answered oar friend Brown. IF be
sas set, be Was sst. when be Rot back
from the cruise be didn't 30 on q spree.
belieye be never toushed anothsr drop
% hqaor. Bat be never vent % So the
gid. He soid o1t bis share in the ahlp
and accep,sd the paftnerabip, and, 10
lees than two years, he married The
senior partners daughter. AbOat that
time IA old Aant Of hts wife'H died. aud
lsft heF the house next door 70 TIE
captains nrst eiri, and they sst up
hoaseksepiEg ihsre. FiRht under THAI
girls eygs, and Shes seen bis family
Rf0sinR ~ aroaod him seaF b. year,
whils she lived On. lads old "a ID, ali
alone b. hsEseif. Women are kistio
cattle, aFsn't ibeyP